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Using single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, the researchers found many particles that were of nanoscale size.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2024

When we inductively reason, we gather evidence using our experience in the world and draw conclusions based on that experience.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In other cases she inductively reasons the meaning of a word after noticing it in different contexts.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

Using a process called inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, the device then identifies the shaving’s atomic makeup by the light it emits, like a tiny, dying supernova.

From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2018

Concepts are formed inductively by comparing numerous examples of a class.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)